I can’t use my 2TB hdd because it won’t format correctly and be initialized to be ready for use .

[Bryan2375]

I bought new 3.5” HDD and when trying to initialize it to be able to use it it won’t let me , i always get an error message saying it did not format correctly . What can possibly be causing this ? Any help would be much appreciated, I got this new HDD to be able to save more games on since my ssd is not enough .

[Electronics Wizardy]

screenshot?

 

 

[Bryan2375]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

screenshot?

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

screenshot?

 

 

Uh yea I’ll post one right now once’s it shows me the error again since I’m trying to format it again as I’m typing this 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Bryan2375 said:

 

Uh yea I’ll post one right now once’s it shows me the error again since I’m trying to format it again as I’m typing this 

what are you formatting as? Use quick format and ntfs. SHouldn't take more than a second or two.

[Bryan2375]

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

what are you formatting as? Use quick format and ntfs. SHouldn't take more than a second or two.

I’m using the new simple volume option and formatting it as NTFS but it takes like 2 minutes just to show me the error 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Bryan2375 said:

I’m using the new simple volume option and formatting it as NTFS but it takes like 2 minutes just to show me the error 

try reinitializing the disk.

[Bryan2375]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

try reinitializing the disk.

I have , also if it’s in MBR and not GPT does that affect something ?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Bryan2375 said:

I have , also if it’s in MBR and not GPT does that affect something ?

make it gpt, no reason to use mbr here and gpt is better.

[Bryan2375]

10 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

make it gpt, no reason to use mbr here and gpt is better.

How do I convert it to gpt ?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Bryan2375 said:

How do I convert it to gpt ?

right click on drive number on the left

[Bryan2375]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

right click on drive number on the left

Ok now I’m getting this error when trying to make it gpt

[Electronics Wizardy]

2 minutes ago, Bryan2375 said:

Ok now I’m getting this error when trying to make it gpt

Check crystal disk info, this might be a bad hdd.

[Bryan2375]

3 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Check crystal disk info, this might be a bad hdd.

Ok I downloaded it but I’m going to restart my pc and try again if it doesn’t work then ima take it back and get it replaced